6.4 miles Warm and pleasant
This is not a TSB walk but it is a nice short walk for a summer's morning. We drove to Sandsend and parked in the Pay and Display at the bottom of Lythe Bank.
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| Screenshot of today's walk, track reversed for GPS |
From the car park we walked back up Lythe Bank for 300 metres then, at a bench, turned right off the road through a kissing gate at a footpath sign. We had fine views back down to Sandsend.
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| 'I'll watch your car, guv'. |
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| Bottom of Lythe Bank |
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| Steep climb for 300 metres.. |
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| .. then turn right at the bench |
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| View over to Whitby from the bench |
The tracks across fields to Deepgrove Farm have not been walked and we fought our way through long grass alongside hedgerows, all the time bearing right until we reached the farm buildings.
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| Keep the fence to the left then cross and keep it to the right to the top of the hill |
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| No track so choose your own way across the field |
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| St Oswalds's at Lythe in the distance |
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| After crossing the field the right of way is very overgrown |
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| We keep as near to the fence as we can |
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| I think the missing arm should point to Kettleness |
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| Deepgrove Farm |
Follow the waymarks to the right at Deepgrove Farm and quickly reach Over Dale. Here there is a steep descent, a bridge and then a steep ascent, mostly on steps.
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| Into Over Dale |
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| Steep steps |
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| Crossing Over Dale |
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| Follow way marks at field boundaries |
After crossing Over Dale we climbed a stile into fields with Overdale Farm to our left. We followed the farm track for about 500 metres to join a road.
We turned right on to the road and followed it into Goldsborough, where we noted the Fox and Hounds is open for business. As we passed the last building on the right we turned into fields at a footpath sign and followed a faint grassy track down to a ruined barn and a stile.
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| Cross the stile and drop towards the old chapel |
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| Kettleness ahead! |
From the stile we dropped down to join the road near an old chapel, and walked down past the old station to the cliff top and the end of the road. Here we selected a bench (there are several) with a view of Runswick Bay and enjoyed our coffee and scones.
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| Arriving at Kettleness |
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| The old station... |
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| .. and track bed at Kettleness |
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| Nice weather vanes at Kettleness |
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| Our view of Runswick Bay from rest stop |
We set off following the Cleveland Way cliff top path all the way back to Over Dale. The views were excellent and the path very straightforward.
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| Follow the Cleveland Way acorn |
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| The path gets very near the cliff edge in places |
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| We are pleased to see a pedant has added the missing 'L' in Helmsley |
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| "Back a bit more..." |
We then left the cliff top and followed our path across the field to reach a stile into woods. Here we descended into Over Dale on a very steep stepped path, to reach the old railway line. We turned left onto it and followed the gravel track for the next mile to reach Sandsend.
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| Into Over Dale again |
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| Nearly down to the old railway |
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| Follow the old railway line... |
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| .. past Deep Grove Quarry |
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| The railway bed makes an easy track |
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| Heathers in flower |
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| Picking heather |
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| Sandsend from the old railway track |
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| Back to the car park |
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| Sandsend Bay |
The sunny weather had brought the crowds to Sandsend so we drove to the the Fox and Hounds at Goldsborough where we toasted the walk with a pint in the beer garden.
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| To short walks and long glasses! |
